From: alarm@yabbs
To: 8charact@yabbs
Subject: Church
Date: Mon Aug  1 19:14:06 1994
>The Church is Holy, but its members are often weak and sinful.
I have a question, what is the Church? I have never seen a church without 
members. I have seen church buildings, but I don't think that is what you 
are referring to.

My own understanding is that church comes from the New Testament Greek 
word ekklesia which means called out ones or gathered ones. The church is 
the people who are gathered together. Thus, if you separate the people 
from the church you have no church.

sounding the
 alarm